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British and German fleets face each other at the Battle of Jutland (WW1)

British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy fleets in the North Sea during the Battle of Jutland (German: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of Skagerrak) in World War 1. The British Royal Navy Grand fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe faces the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, in the North Sea. British seamen use binoculars to observe German fleet. A Zeppelin flying over the German fleet as a German dreadnought battleship fires at the British. British Navy ship steers to the left. Two German dreadnought battleships facing British fleet. Naval artillery gun turrets fire from a British dreadnought battleship. British and German navy fleets attack each other with guns and torpedoes. A torpedo is ejected from a battleship. Heavy smoke covers the ships during the crossfire.

Date: 1916, May 31
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079206
French soldiers walk on muddy battlefield during the Battle of Verdun (WW1)

French soldiers traverse through the uneven and muddy landscape of the battlefield at Verdun (WW1). Some French soldiers use walking sticks to hike through the uneven field. French soldier on a trench. French soldiers without helmets walking up a hill. French soldier carrying a device attempts to cross a puddle, but slips down. A French soldier jumps toward a muddy puddle. A huge muddy explosion. French soldiers stagger through muddy landscape. French soldiers helping a soldier lying in the mud.

Date: 1916
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079217
President Woodrow Wilson in office, United States troops leave for Europe (WWI)

United States President Woodrow Wilson at his office in the White House after the entrance of the United States into World War 1. President Wilson holding a telephone on top of his filing cabinet. President Wilson signing documents from his desk. A little girl waves the flag of the United States as US troops (American Expeditionary Forces or AEF) mobilize to leave for Europe. Men holding baskets during a parade as flowers are thrown before them. Crowds watch as American Expeditionary Forces march in a parade. Men and women wave good-bye at soldiers leaving for Europe. A government official with a senior military official watch the deployment of soldiers to Europe.

Date: 1917, April 17
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079243
Ford executives inspect military planes as company promises to meet war demands for aircraft (WW2)

Ford executives meet with a U.S. military official as the company promises to build 5000 aircraft per day to meet war production demands in World War 2. Ford executives inspect planes. Charles “Charlie” Sorensen, Ford executive responsible for Ford’s defense contracts, speaks with United States military officer and inspects a Curtiss P-40 (possibly an XP-40) fighter. Edsel Ford, Charlie Sorensen and an officer inspect the fighter’s cockpit. Henry Ford, wearing a straw boater, observes the meeting. Propeller of the P-40 fighter plane. Henry Ford listening to a discussion. Military aircraft in flight over mountains as seen from an aircraft. Spectators watch and take photographs. View of aircraft in flight. Cockpit POV view of a group of bombers in flight. Aerial view of three United States Army bombers (likely Boeing Y1B-17 ) in flight. A Boeing Y1B-17 flying. A group of United States Army Boeing Y1B-17 bombers in flight.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079263
Spectators watch eagerly as horse Bimelech and jockey Fred A Smith win the 1940 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park

940 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, New York (2150 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont, NY 11003, United States). Huge crowds watch the Belmont Stakes horse race. Two horses trotting before the race. A man uses binoculars and another man pointing during the race. Horses come out of the starting gates to run on a turf track. Spectators eagerly watch the race. A man chews gum while fashionable women behind him watch the horse race. A horse named Bimelech and ridden by jockey Fred A Smith wins the 1940 Belmont Stakes.

Date: 1940, June 8
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079267
President of Lukens Steel Company, Robert W. Wolcott, speaks about the importance of scrap metal in the wartime steel industry (WW2)

Smokestacks in a steel factory in the United States during World War 2. Robert W. Wolcott, the President of the Lukens Steel Company in Coatesville, Pennsylvania (the oldest steel mill in commission within the United States), and also chairman of the American Industry Salvage Committee, speaks about the importance of scrap metal in steel production for the war efforts in World War 2. Robert W. Wolcott speaks to two men inside his office. Wolcott’s office is decorated with patriotic posters on the use of scrap for war production (“Half the Metal in every ship, every tank, every gun is SCRAP!”). Behind Robert W. Wolcott is a sign saying “American Industries Salvage Committee”. “This decline in scrap must be checked. Steel, scrap must flow to the mill. This is becoming a serious situation. And it is a definite challenge to industry” concludes Robert W. Wolcott.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079272